The View From Here 6.24.20
Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.
Washington University statement on presidential proclamation expanding restrictions to work visas
We are disappointed with President Trump’s proclamation expanding restrictions on visas for individuals wishing to enter the United States for work. The proclamation will have a negative impact on international scholars, as well as the colleges and universities where they make important contributions to the research and scholarship enterprise.
Obituary: Momoko Oyama, medical school student, 24
Momoko Oyama, a Washington University graduate on the verge of beginning her third year of medical school at the university, died Sunday, June 14, 2020, at her campus apartment in St. Louis. The cause of death is not yet known. Oyama, who had planned to become a neonatologist, was 24.
Inclusive Child Development Accounts
Toward Universality and Progressivity
Inclusive Child Development Accounts showcases the global context of emerging asset-building policies and programs around Child Development Accounts.
Washington University statement regarding SCOTUS ruling on DACA
We are heartened by today’s decision from the United States Supreme Court that rescinds the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. We have long asserted that the need to protect young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children is not only a moral imperative, but also a responsibility that benefits our nation as a whole.
Black Lives and Spatial Matters
Policing Blackness and Practicing Freedom in Suburban St. Louis
“Black Lives and Spatial Matters” is a call to reconsider the epistemic violence that is committed when scholars, policymakers, and the general public continue to frame Black precarity as just another racial, cultural, or ethnic conflict that can be solved solely through legal, political, or economic means. Jodi Rios argues that the historical and material […]
Learning Lodge provides free virtual tutoring
The school year has ended, but Learning Lodge, a free online tutoring service founded by Washington University in St. Louis students, continues to help local elementary and middle school students practice math, social studies, even the bassoon.
The universal language of generosity
In early spring, WashU’s China Alumni Network organized an appeal in an effort to give back to their alma mater, raising funds to purchase PPE for the Washington University Medical Campus.
Obituary: Denise Saim, longtime engineering staff member, 64
Denise Saim, a 27-year employee at the McKelvey School of Engineering, died suddenly May 26, 2020, at her home of an apparent heart attack. She was 64.
Washington University statement on presidential proclamation on Chinese students and scholars
We are deeply concerned by any action of the United States government to prevent entire segments of the academic community from traveling into the country as students, teachers, researchers and scholars. The recent presidential proclamation directed at some Chinese scholars is only the most recent example of steps this administration has taken to make it more difficult for people to come here for purposes of education and research.
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